The Office of Access and Excellence is committed to providing accessible resources, education, and support to foster a campus environment where all members of our community feel valued, respected, and included. We believe in empowering individuals from all backgrounds to develop their full potential as global citizens needed to repair the world.
We aspire to:
- Educate and empower the community through workshops and professional development, programming, and engagement;
- Provide supportive services and resources through referrals and consultations;
- Cultivate an environment of respect and connection by providing spaces for civil discourse and opportunities to learn with and from one another.
What We Do
The Office of Access and Excellence works collaboratively with our campus community to assess and support its strengths and needs in an effort to build high-quality programming that evokes social change.
Strategies, processes, and initiatives that further institutional diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging outcomes are creative and flexible. While it is essential that there be a unifying strategic thread that links all campus departments, outcomes and processes related to access and excellence are developed based on the particular strengths and needs of individual academic, professional and social campus communities.
Visit the websites of the following offices to learn more about them:
Resources and Services
Professional Development Education and Training
We offer general and more specific educational opportunities for faculty, staff, and students. Our standard programming is offered in an ongoing way throughout the academic year and summer. For educational opportunities that are specifically tailored to fit the strengths and needs of individual groups or departments, our staff members will collaboratively develop this type of programming with faculty, staff, and students.
Please contact us for more information.
Consultation
We offer consultation for community members who wish to develop a particular idea, program, or curricular strategy using diversity, equity and inclusion frameworks and strategies.
Please contact us for more information.